Assess students' ability to apply comparative public policy frameworks to evaluate the social and economic impacts of universal basic income (UBI) pilot programs in OECD countries, including selecting appropriate comparative methods, defining and operationalizing outcome indicators (poverty, labor supply, health/well‑being, fiscal costs), analyzing causal inference and contextual moderators, comparing policy design features across cases, and drawing evidence‑based policy recommendations while acknowledging limitations of cross‑national pilot evidence.